Apple's '12 Days of Gifts' App for 2013 Now Live, Includes U.S. Customers

yeah!!!

i remember seeing this year after year and wishing for a US version.

Ah, finally can get in on this in the US. Cool.

I wonder what Santa Cook will bring this year.

Pretty cool. I just downloaded it!

Cool!

An excellent iOS 7 app. The whiners who refuse to upgrade need not attempt a download.

This is great news for consumers. Only Apple can do this because they control the hardware and software experience.

A big thanks to:
Tim Cook
Jony Ive
Eddy Cue
Craig Federighi
Phil Schiller

Awesome, just wondering what have they given in the past?

Excellent! Yet another way to waste my time!

iOS 7 only. Must be a high-tech app!!

xlost6 said:

Pretty cool. I just downloaded it!

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It must be a phased rollout: I've tried twice this evening and it's not yet showing up. I searched the app store for both "12 Days of Gifts" and "Twelve Days of Gifts" :-(

EDIT: A couple of hours later it showed up. Thanks, apple.

proline said:

An excellent iOS 7 app. The whiners who refuse to upgrade need not attempt a download.

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As a 4th-generation iPod touch user, it's not that I refuse to upgrade but that I cannot.

Not that I'm bitter about this being iOS 7 only. Although, I would have checked it out if I could have. It doesn't even really seem like something that needs an application. Couldn't it just be a section of the store?

Anyone noticed the background is like the dynamic wallpapers in iOS7, but without motion sensitivity? Weird.

swingerofbirch said:

It doesn't even really seem like something that needs an application. Couldn't it just be a section of the store?

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I believe previously the apps etc have been made free for the day for everyone, and the app just tells you about them, so you'll be able to get them anyway if you can find out about them from elsewhere.

For those with an older OS version... Don't worry, I just read the information on the app, and the freebies should be in the store separately too.

I wonder if the freebies will be different across regions? I have a UK account and want to get on those freebies too as always.

They give out apps, TV episodes, movies (but this year it's a rental apparently (because most won't agree to giving their move flat out free in the US), a few tracks, music videos, and maybe, just *maybe* last year they handed out a book if I remember correctly.

They better give away some good stuff this time.

Reading the FAQ it seems like there will be free movie rental and tv shows,
Good stuff!

I don't understand why Apple insists on iOS 7, there is probably nothing in that app which requires iOS 7 functionality. I get that Apple wants to push everyone to iOS 7, but can't they at least make some effort to maintain some backwards compatibility where possible? This shows how much Apple thinks of customers that either cannot or do not want to upgrade their devices (iPhone 4 user here).

If i download the app on iPad iPhone iPod Rmini and iMac does that mean I get 60 gifts? Or is it one gift per day per iTunes username?

richpuer said:

If i download the app on iPad iPhone iPod Rmini and iMac does that mean I get 60 gifts? Or is it one gift per day per iTunes username?

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The app basically redirects you to the iTunes Store or App Store and the corresponding product (song, film, ebook, app) is free for 24 hours. You need an iTunes account / Apple ID to download the content. Then iTunes in the Cloud does the rest for all your connected devices. The gift is the same for everyone in your country, every day.

richpuer said:

If i download the app on iPad iPhone iPod Rmini and iMac does that mean I get 60 gifts? Or is it one gift per day per iTunes username?

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If each of those devices has a different Apple ID signed in on them, you can get it multiple times.

Of course if you own all those devices there's no point because you can log in with the same account and re-download or sync the same stuff everywhere anyways.

Gift hints are in the FAQ's

The FAQ section of the app mentions books, TV episodes, files over 100MB, movies & movie rentals. Super excited over here!

I tried changing the date on my iPhone to December 26th to see if I could get the gifts now. Man I love free stuff

That's awesome! Finally the company gives back to its customers a little.

I'm curious... do customers get different things or does everyone get the same stuff?